Anonymous wrote:HOCO enjoys running up the score against a bunch of B teams and then bagging about it
Anonymous wrote:If HOCO wants to claim they and their younger teams are the real deal, their summer tournament schedules year after year are a funny way to show it. Why does HOCO go to tournaments like Apex Summer Launch, where the field is, to put it kindly, middling or lower level B teams? Any A team could come away the champions. HOCO director seems disillusioned that people are impressed with medals from these random tournaments no real teams go to.
2034s: We’re the best team in the world and no one can stop us.
Also 2034s: Winning rando tournaments by playing a field of the worst teams in the Mid-Atlantic.
Talking to you too 2033s and 2035s.
Why?
Anonymous wrote:What’s interesting about these age groups is th disparity in skill as a team. I can’t tell if it’s the coaching or if some kids on a team haven’t put in the work yet or what. For example what makes the BLC 2033 team so good compared to the others? Is it that they are comfortable passing and finding the open player to score? Is it the talent? Or something else?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If HOCO wants to claim they and their younger teams are the real deal, their summer tournament schedules year after year are a funny way to show it. Why does HOCO go to tournaments like Apex Summer Launch, where the field is, to put it kindly, middling or lower level B teams? Any A team could come away the champions. HOCO director seems disillusioned that people are impressed with medals from these random tournaments no real teams go to.
2034s: We’re the best team in the world and no one can stop us.
Also 2034s: Winning rando tournaments by playing a field of the worst teams in the Mid-Atlantic.
Talking to you too 2033s and 2035s.
Why?
Super weird take...
Apex Summer Launch 2033 Top Pool was:
BLC Blue - Ranked #5
HoCo Black - Ranked #7
Legends Green - Ranked #11
FLC - Ranked #17
They’re 100% right about the 2034 and 2035 Apex field.
You are overselling 2033 Apex. It had Stars (NGLL B team) in the A bracket and FLC and North Bay (both 2-6 in NGLL and bottom of A). That was half the A bracket.
HoCo 2034 and 2033 do have Lax for the Cure and Summer Genesis Origins on their schedules. Those will be solid.
Up next though is Apex Coastal for HoCo 2034 and 2035. That’s even worse, by far—if they don’t win the championship, they were struck with a whole team flu.
Anonymous wrote:Impulse is the strong early June tournament for these age groups. You should find all the NGLL playoff teams there.

Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If HOCO wants to claim they and their younger teams are the real deal, their summer tournament schedules year after year are a funny way to show it. Why does HOCO go to tournaments like Apex Summer Launch, where the field is, to put it kindly, middling or lower level B teams? Any A team could come away the champions. HOCO director seems disillusioned that people are impressed with medals from these random tournaments no real teams go to.
2034s: We’re the best team in the world and no one can stop us.
Also 2034s: Winning rando tournaments by playing a field of the worst teams in the Mid-Atlantic.
Talking to you too 2033s and 2035s.
Why?
Super weird take...
Apex Summer Launch 2033 Top Pool was:
BLC Blue - Ranked #5
HoCo Black - Ranked #7
Legends Green - Ranked #11
FLC - Ranked #17
Anonymous wrote:If HOCO wants to claim they and their younger teams are the real deal, their summer tournament schedules year after year are a funny way to show it. Why does HOCO go to tournaments like Apex Summer Launch, where the field is, to put it kindly, middling or lower level B teams? Any A team could come away the champions. HOCO director seems disillusioned that people are impressed with medals from these random tournaments no real teams go to.
2034s: We’re the best team in the world and no one can stop us.
Also 2034s: Winning rando tournaments by playing a field of the worst teams in the Mid-Atlantic.
Talking to you too 2033s and 2035s.
Why?
Anonymous wrote:If HOCO wants to claim they and their younger teams are the real deal, their summer tournament schedules year after year are a funny way to show it. Why does HOCO go to tournaments like Apex Summer Launch, where the field is, to put it kindly, middling or lower level B teams? Any A team could come away the champions. HOCO director seems disillusioned that people are impressed with medals from these random tournaments no real teams go to.
2034s: We’re the best team in the world and no one can stop us.
Also 2034s: Winning rando tournaments by playing a field of the worst teams in the Mid-Atlantic.
Talking to you too 2033s and 2035s.
Why?
Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, some people are because all they care about is the win.
It's one thing to not travel all over the east coast at that age, but it's another to most of the decent tournaments all together. No Impulse, no Live Love Lax. The are going to Origins at least.